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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: in publisher's shrinkwrap. 1998 reprint of the 1928 original. Mansfield Centre, Connecticut: Martino Fine Books, 1998. BRAND NEW in perfect condition. STILL SEALED in the publisher's clear plastic SHRINKWRAP. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. 1998. "Limited edition facsimile reprint" of the 1928 original. No date (but 1998, first Martino printing). Published @ $75.00 and Limited to 150 Copies (per prospectus). A comprehensive bibliography with 17,500 entries arranged by subject and fully indexed. Many useful annotations. Black authors are noted by an asterisk. A standard reference. Bound in the original green cloth, stamped in bright gold on the spine. From the publisher: "Work was Director of Records and Research at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. It took Work over 20 years to complete his bibliography. The purpose of the book '. is to furnish an accurate and comprehensive handbook of the titles and authors of valuable books, pamphlets and articles on the Negro in Africa and America' The bibliography is organized in sections covering such topics as discovery, exploration, art, music, slavery and the slave trade, etc. There are chapters on black literature and the arts An author index gives access to the entire work. Work provides a full title for each entry, as well as place of publication, date and pagination. There are occasional annotations. This bibliography is the most comprehensive work listed in Besterman." Besterman 4191. 1998 reprint of the 1928 original. Hardcover. New/in publisher's shrinkwrap. xxiii, 698pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. Seller Inventory # 018090